Pokemon Series Race FAQ

Pokemon Series Race FAQ

Q: Are you insane?
A: Yes.

Q: Do you take sleep breaks?
A: Yes, the larger timer always displays my time without sleep breaks, while the smaller timer is constantly going from start to end. The gameplay timer is the one that matters more for 'race purposes'

Q: How many games are you playing and how many pokemon are you catching?
A: 37 games and 623 unique pokemon (cuz I do catch some of the same pokemon in different games for HM Slave or maining purposes)

Q: Which game are you doing your catch em all in?
A: That's a misconception I've heard a lot leading up to this. The catch em all portion is catching all 623 pokemon throughout the main games. It's not just completing the Any% for most games but then capture everything in one game, we have to try and catch that total amount of pokemon throughout all the main series games.

Q: What's your favorite pokemon?
A: Turtwig, favorite type is Ice however.

Q: What's your favorite pokemon gen?
A: I've only ever casually played Gens 3,4, and 5 so I can't really say. I also can't really say which of those three I enjoy most because I like them for different reasons.

Q: How long will this take?
A: The estimate is around 2 weeks or so, but it could very well be longer or shorter due to the catch em all requirement.

Q: Are you insane?
A: Still yes.

Q: Has anyone ever done this before?
A: It was first attempted last year but the two who tried it didn't finish. This year Robthegamer115 has already finished his run, and Crrool and I are determined to finish bar a major catastrophe IRL.

Q: What consoles will this be played on?
A: I'm playing on DS, Wii, Wii U, N64, and on the Gambatte emulator on my PC since I can't record GB and GBC games. The Wii will be used to play GameCube games.

Q: What's the pokedex tracker you have on the side?
A: https://pco.bobchao87.com/

Q: What do the colors on the tracker mean?
A: On the main tracker I made different colors for each main series game, so each color means I caught that pokemon in a specific game.
On the mini trackers, white means I haven't obtained it yet, black means I have, and blue means I could get it here, but I don't need to go out of my way for it.

Q: What game are you getting the most pokemon in?
A: Should be Emerald or Blue.

Q: Why isn't the other total updating like the smaller pokedex total?
A: I will update it offline after checking through what a caught in the main series games I play that day. If I get the chance I might even start updating it during a run, it just requires an extra interaction change that I don't always have time to do.

Q: Is this completely glitchless?
A: Mostly glitchless, the only glitches we are allowed to use are for the purpose of item duplication just to make it a bit easier in terms of quality of life. The two item duplications are done through the Red / Blue Old Man Glitch (it can do other stuff but item duplication is the only purpose allowed in this race) and Emerald's Battle Tower Item Duping (same ruling applies).

Q: BORK? ARE YOU READY TO SWIM? Will you play CSGO with me?
A: BORK, yes, and no Kevin I'm in the middle of something right now.

Q: Are you insane?
A: Would I be doing this if I wasn't? You read it the first two times.

Will add more as the race progresses.